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Arab Medical Union's committee launches program to combat malnutrition, COVID-19

Date: 2020-04-02 15:47:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8379965

CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) – The Relief and Emergency Committee of the Arab Medical Union (AMU) has announced that it launched a food basket project to combat diseases caused by malnutrition and confront the coronavirus. Titled “combating hunger and ....

Saudi Arabia records 165 new coronavirus cases, 5 deaths

Date: 2020-04-02 15:43:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8379968

RIYADH, April 2 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia recorded 165 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 1,885, the health ministry announced. In a press conference on Thursday, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Mohammed Al Abd Al Aly said that the ....

Syria announces nation-wide curfew on Fridays, Saturdays over COVID-19

Date: 2020-04-02 15:42:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8379969

DAMASCUS, April 2 (MENA) - A nation-wide curfew will be imposed in Syria on Friday and Saturday of every week, the Syrian government team tasked with countering the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) announced on Thursday. The curfew will come into ....

10 new coronavirus cases reported in Iraq

Date: 2020-04-02 12:07:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8379741

BAGHDAD, April 2 (MENA) - Ten new coronavirus cases were reported in the Iraqi governorate of Najaf, the health department said on Thursday. The new figures bring the total number of infections in the country to 728 while deaths stand at ....

15 new coronavirus cases detected in Lebanon

Date: 2020-04-02 10:47:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8379547

BEIRUT, April 2 (MENA) - Fifteen new coronavirus cases were detected in Lebanon taking to 494 the number of cases in the country, Lebanese Health Ministry announced. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said that the number of the coronavirus ....

Jordan, Saudi Arabia mull military cooperation

Date: 2020-04-02 10:45:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8379563

AMMAN, April 2 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of Jordan's army Major General Yousef Huneiti discussed on Thursday with Saudi Ambassador here Nayef ben Bandr Al Sudairi ways of boosting bilateral cooperation, especially in the military domain. The ....

More positive coronavirus cases confirmed in Azerbaijan

Date: 2020-04-02 10:25:23 GMT - Azerbaijan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8379454

BAKU, April 2 (MENA) - Azerbaijan has confirmed 41 new coronavirus cases, said spokesperson for Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers Ibrahim Mammadov, Trend News Agency reported. Mammadov said that the condition of 8 people out of those 41 persons ....

Iraq's PM: Number of COVID-19 cases is reasonable

Date: 2020-04-01 21:44:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8379091

BAGHDAD, April 1 (MENA) – Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said the number of the novel coronavirus cases in the Arab country is reasonable, Alsumaria News reported. He reiterated on Wednesday that the health condition in Iraq is ....

US, Sudan discuss latest domestic developments

Date: 2020-04-01 21:39:34 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8379097

WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo spoke with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday, Department of State posted on its website. In a phone call, Pompeo and Hamdok reaffirmed the importance of a ....

12 new Covid-19 cases reported in Morocco, 654 in total - Health Ministry

Date: 2020-04-01 21:15:29 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8379079

RABAT, April 1 (MENA) - Twelve new cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) were confirmed in Morocco until Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the kingdom to 654, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said. Thirty-nine people died from ....